Is Will Ferrell a Cool Dad Now?

Dad style happens. In fact, it might be happening to you right now. Did you recently have a kid? Do you care more about said child than your fits? That's usually where it starts. Before long, you'll be walking out the door in corporate-logo polos and a zip nylon jacket from that golf course you went to once but didn't play at. So yesterday, when beloved actor, comedian, real-life dad, and recent star of a movie titled Daddy's Home showed up looking like this, we recognized the signals of deep-seated dad style. We're talking roomy stonewashed jeans, tennis sneakers, and a washed-out crewneck sweatshirt.

But hold on a minute, Ferrell's sweatshirt was hardly some run-of-the-mill parental steez. His "RADARTE" crewneck by the sisters Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte puts him more in line with fashionable folks like Miguel, Beyoncé, Jay Z, Rihanna, Ciara, Kanye West, and Elijah Wood (all of whom have been spotted in similar sweats from the label) than with any collection of carpooling dads. This isn't Tim Allen in a Kale sweatshirt (though we would love to see that); this is a subtle nod to a highbrow fashion brand and thus a way for Ferrell to telegraph that, yeah, he knows what's up.

So the next time you want to get out the door but don't care about your outfit (the kids aren't driving themselves to soccer practice), just remember that an average rig can be upgraded by aligning with a brand the cool kids have cosigned. Why not flex some Supreme at the next bake sale or take in a parent-teacher conference wearing a Raf Simons parka? A little effort—and an in-demand label—go a long way.

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